We're not sure how LG managed to hold a touchscreen UI design contest with a $14K prize without telling anyone, but it certainly did -- and keeping things on the DL probably explains why "Driving," pictured above, was the winning entry. The "Art in Mobile" contest started last December in Korea, and the 10 winning entries will see their creations actually turned into functional phone interfaces. There's not much info on the other nine winners, but apparently one is called "Sixty Seconds" and is designed to stall for a minute before connecting a call so you can browse photos and check messages. Uh, yeah -- if our phones were taking a minute to connect calls, we'd have a bigger problem than the UI. Seriously, LG, next time you want some consumer input on phone interfaces, we think we might know some people with ideas.
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Read - Telecoms Korea story on the contest
Read - Translated LG press release
posted Apr 8th 2008 at 11:54PM
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
loosely_coupled @ Apr 9th 2008 5:12AM
THAT MISERABLE THING WON $15K ???
Jason Peterson @ Apr 9th 2008 9:27AM
LOL. That is a crappy UI. Funny though. I hope this thing doesn't come to the Vu.
Marek Pawlowski @ Apr 9th 2008 9:56AM
You might also be interested in the MEX Design Competition, which challenges user experience designers to showcase great mobile UIs, product ideas and services. All of the entries are displayed in an online gallery where the public can vote and comment:
www.mobileuserexperience.com/mexdesign/
The Competition is hosted alongside the 4th annual PMN Mobile User Experience conference in London, where the winners will be honoured at an evening reception.
The objective is to focus the mobile industry on designing solutions for users rather than just trying to market the latest technology to anyone who'll buy it.
johdaxx @ Apr 10th 2008 11:35AM
And I thought my 'Toaster' interface idea would have been a sure thing - the chromey metal interface waits 60 seconds, overheats, then makes the call to the delicious crispy smell of your pocket on fire.